The journey to my daughter’s birth started long before she was even conceived. I was born with a congenital deformity called an unicornuate uterus – half a uterus with one fallopian tube. With this comes various medical complications, such as endometriosis,...

In South Africa, reflux – like cephalopelvic disproportion – is over diagnosed. The majority of babies posset, and many of those majority spit up very frequently. When does normal spitting up become “gastro-oesophageal reflux disease” (GERD – in the States oesophageal...

Many mothers who take their babies to the clinic or paediatrician for a regular checkups and vaccinations, do at some stage become worried about the fact that their baby wasn’t gaining weight quickly enough, even though the baby was well within the parameters for...

Placentophagy is the act of consuming one’s own placenta for cultural, religious or medicinal reasons. For decades it’s reported to have helped stop the baby blues and diminish postpartum fatigue. But what is placenta encapsulation all about? Whether for cultural,...